US4623735A - Metal complex reaction product of furfurylamine and a metal carbonyl - Google Patents

Metal complex reaction product of furfurylamine and a metal carbonyl Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US4623735A
US4623735A US06/755,800 US75580085A US4623735A US 4623735 A US4623735 A US 4623735A US 75580085 A US75580085 A US 75580085A US 4623735 A US4623735 A US 4623735A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
carbonyl
metal
furfurylamine
reaction product
reimpregnation
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Fee Related
Application number
US06/755,800
Inventor
Robert B. Petersen
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
BP Chemicals Hitco Inc
Original Assignee
BP Chemicals Hitco Inc
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Priority claimed from US06/611,729 external-priority patent/US4588799A/en
Application filed by BP Chemicals Hitco Inc filed Critical BP Chemicals Hitco Inc
Priority to US06/755,800 priority Critical patent/US4623735A/en
Priority to US06/927,967 priority patent/US4833030A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US4623735A publication Critical patent/US4623735A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C07ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C07FACYCLIC, CARBOCYCLIC OR HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAINING ELEMENTS OTHER THAN CARBON, HYDROGEN, HALOGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN, SULFUR, SELENIUM OR TELLURIUM
    • C07F11/00Compounds containing elements of Groups 6 or 16 of the Periodic Table
    • C07F11/005Compounds containing elements of Groups 6 or 16 of the Periodic Table compounds without a metal-carbon linkage
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C08ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
    • C08GMACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS
    • C08G65/00Macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions forming an ether link in the main chain of the macromolecule
    • C08G65/34Macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions forming an ether link in the main chain of the macromolecule from hydroxy compounds or their metallic derivatives
    • C08G65/36Furfuryl alcohol
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C08ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
    • C08GMACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS
    • C08G79/00Macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions forming a linkage containing atoms other than silicon, sulfur, nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon with or without the latter elements in the main chain of the macromolecule

Definitions

  • This invention relates to thermosetting, solventless polymers containing variable ratios of tungsten, molybdenum or chromium chemically bonded in the polymer chain which have high char yield and which are particularly useful for multi-cycle reimpregnation of a carbon/carbon composite.
  • a reimpregnation resin is a thermosetting polymer introduced as a liquid into the characteristic voids of a carbon/carbon composite. The resin is subsequently cured and heat treated, thus increasing the density of the composite. Selected polymers can be used to impart specific desired characteristics to the composite depending upon the ultimate application. Viable reimpregnation resins must maintain a suitably low viscosity during the reimpregnation process and, in addition, exhibit a relatively high char yield. "Multi-cycle reimpregnation" is the term applied when the reimpregnation process is repeated a number of times.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 4,185,043 to Robert C. Shaffer discloses thermoplastic and thermosetting polymers which incorporate tungsten and/or molybdenum metal atoms.
  • the metal atoms are incorporated into the polymer by reacting a monomer or polymer containing at least one free carboxyl group with a reaction product of tungsten or molybdenum carbonyl and pyrrolidine to obtain a polymer. It is disclosed that the polymers are useful as reimpregnation resins.
  • the reaction product of furfurylamine and tungsten carbonyl, molybdenum carbonyl or chromium carbonyl reacts directly with furfuryl alcohol to produce a suitable multi-cycle reimpregnation polymer.
  • the resulting dark, viscous polymer may be utilized neat or it may be diluted with furfuryl alcohol, a reactive solvent, or it may diluted with an inert solvent such as dimethylformamide. Because of the relatively low viscosity at moderate temperatures, the polymers of this inventions may be used in a multi-cycle reimpregnation process without a solvent.
  • precise variation in metal content may be achieved while retaining the metal in atomic form in the polymer molecule.
  • the cured resin possesses low porosity and high char yield, characteristics which render it particularly useful for multi-cycle reimpregnation. Very little tungsten is lost during the sequence of operations resulting in the final char.
  • a complex is first prepared by reacting furfurylamine with a metal carbonyl selected from the group consisting of tungsten carbonyl, molybdenum carbonyl and chromium carbonyl.
  • a metal carbonyl selected from the group consisting of tungsten carbonyl, molybdenum carbonyl and chromium carbonyl.
  • the reaction of sterically unhindered amines, although not furfurylamine, with metal carbonyls is well known in the art, [see G. W. A. Fowles et al, "The Reactions of Group VI Metal Carbonyls with Pyrrolidine, Piperazine and Morpholine", Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 3, No. 2, pages 257-259 (1964); and C. S. Kraihanzel et al, Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 2, No. 3, pages 533-540 (1963)].
  • the complexes are prepared by reacting from 4 to 12 moles of furfurylamine per mole of metal carbonyl for
  • the furfuryl alcohol is reacted with the furfurylamine-metal complex by combining the two materials and heating the reaction mixture preferably within the range of about 25° C. to 180° C. for about 5-10 hrs.
  • the conditions required for completion of the reaction of the furfurylamine-metal complex with furfuryl alcohol vary, depending on the ratios of reactants as set forth in the following table:
  • the amount of metal in the finished resin may be controlled by varying the ratio of furfurylamine-metal complex to furfuryl alcohol in the thermoplastic polymer, and by varying the amount of furfuryl alcohol used as the reactive diluent.
  • the polymers of this invention have the property of being both thermoplastic and thermosetting, i.e., at temperatures of up to about 180° C. they are thermoplastic, i.e., they may be heated to obtain a low viscosity flowable material which, upon cooling, solidifies. At higher temperatures, i.e., above about 200° C., the materials are thermosetting, i.e., curable.
  • a mixture of tungsten hexacarbonyl (88 g, 0.25 mole) and furfurylamine (92 ml, 1.00 mole) is heated at about 120° C. with stirring under argon for about 16 hours.
  • 100 ml of a 50% ethanol/50% water solution is added to cause precipitation of the golden-yellow complex.
  • the solid is isolated by vacuum filtration and washing with ethanol/water, followed by vacuum drying.
  • the impure product is moderately air-sensitive; the pure dry product is considerably less so. However, storage excluding air is advisable. Recrystallization, if necessary, is by solution in warm, oxygen-free furfurylamine, followed by precipitation with water.
  • the infrared spectrum of the product indicates that it is W(CO) 4 (furfurylamine) 2 .
  • the product does not melt, but decomposes gradually above 60° C.
  • Furfuryl alcohol (2.08 moles) is added to 0.42 mole of the reaction product of tungsten hexacarbonyl and furfurylamine. The mixture is gradually heated to 160° C. over five hours with stirring. It is then maintained between 160°-170° C. until the desired viscosity is achieved. The resulting dark brown thermoplastic material is viscous-to-solid at room temperature, depending on the duration of heating. It can be diluted while hot with a reactive polar solvent such as furfuryl alcohol or with an inert polar solvent such as dimethyl formamide.
  • a reactive polar solvent such as furfuryl alcohol or with an inert polar solvent such as dimethyl formamide.
  • the resulting polymer may be used "neat" as a multi-cycle reimpregnation resin for a carbon/carbon composite by impregnating it into the voids of the composite.
  • the polymer is then cured by heating at 200° C. for 20 hours.
  • This cured thermoset resin when subsequently carbonized at 800° C. for one hour, contains approximately 35% tungsten by weight.
  • the char contains 80-90% of the tungsten present in the polymer precursor.

Landscapes

  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • Medicinal Chemistry (AREA)
  • Polymers & Plastics (AREA)
  • Ceramic Products (AREA)
  • Polyethers (AREA)

Abstract

Metal complexes are obtained by reacting furfurylamine with a metal carbonyl selected from the group consisting of tungsten carbonyl, molybdenum carbonyl and chromium carbonyl. Multi-cycle reimpregnation resins are obtained by reacting one of these metal complexes with furfuryl alcohol.

Description

This is a division of application Ser. No. 611,729 filed May 18, 1984, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,588,799, issued May 13, 1986.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to thermosetting, solventless polymers containing variable ratios of tungsten, molybdenum or chromium chemically bonded in the polymer chain which have high char yield and which are particularly useful for multi-cycle reimpregnation of a carbon/carbon composite.
With the advent of aerospace products, carbon/carbon composites having high densities have come into widespread use. One or a combination of the following three methods for densification of carbon/carbon composites is commonly employed: (1) high temperature consolidation; (2) chemical vapor deposition; and (3) multi-cycle reimpregnation. For applications involving large parts or complex shapes, multi-cycle reimpregnation has been found to be the most effective method for imparting oxidation resistance and energy absorbing characteristics through the use of specifically formulated polymers.
A reimpregnation resin is a thermosetting polymer introduced as a liquid into the characteristic voids of a carbon/carbon composite. The resin is subsequently cured and heat treated, thus increasing the density of the composite. Selected polymers can be used to impart specific desired characteristics to the composite depending upon the ultimate application. Viable reimpregnation resins must maintain a suitably low viscosity during the reimpregnation process and, in addition, exhibit a relatively high char yield. "Multi-cycle reimpregnation" is the term applied when the reimpregnation process is repeated a number of times.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,185,043 to Robert C. Shaffer discloses thermoplastic and thermosetting polymers which incorporate tungsten and/or molybdenum metal atoms. The metal atoms are incorporated into the polymer by reacting a monomer or polymer containing at least one free carboxyl group with a reaction product of tungsten or molybdenum carbonyl and pyrrolidine to obtain a polymer. It is disclosed that the polymers are useful as reimpregnation resins.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It has now been discovered that the reaction product of furfurylamine and tungsten carbonyl, molybdenum carbonyl or chromium carbonyl reacts directly with furfuryl alcohol to produce a suitable multi-cycle reimpregnation polymer. The resulting dark, viscous polymer may be utilized neat or it may be diluted with furfuryl alcohol, a reactive solvent, or it may diluted with an inert solvent such as dimethylformamide. Because of the relatively low viscosity at moderate temperatures, the polymers of this inventions may be used in a multi-cycle reimpregnation process without a solvent. By appropriate choice of the amounts of reactants, precise variation in metal content may be achieved while retaining the metal in atomic form in the polymer molecule. The cured resin possesses low porosity and high char yield, characteristics which render it particularly useful for multi-cycle reimpregnation. Very little tungsten is lost during the sequence of operations resulting in the final char.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
A complex is first prepared by reacting furfurylamine with a metal carbonyl selected from the group consisting of tungsten carbonyl, molybdenum carbonyl and chromium carbonyl. The reaction of sterically unhindered amines, although not furfurylamine, with metal carbonyls is well known in the art, [see G. W. A. Fowles et al, "The Reactions of Group VI Metal Carbonyls with Pyrrolidine, Piperazine and Morpholine", Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 3, No. 2, pages 257-259 (1964); and C. S. Kraihanzel et al, Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 2, No. 3, pages 533-540 (1963)]. Preferably the complexes are prepared by reacting from 4 to 12 moles of furfurylamine per mole of metal carbonyl for from 4 to 20 hours at a temperature of from 60° to 150° C.
The furfuryl alcohol is reacted with the furfurylamine-metal complex by combining the two materials and heating the reaction mixture preferably within the range of about 25° C. to 180° C. for about 5-10 hrs. The conditions required for completion of the reaction of the furfurylamine-metal complex with furfuryl alcohol vary, depending on the ratios of reactants as set forth in the following table:
______________________________________
Ratio of Moles
of Complex to               Time
Furfuryl alcohol
           Temp. Range      (Approximate)
______________________________________
1:3        25° C. to 160° C.,
                            5.0 hours
           then 160° C. to 170° C.
                            0.5 hour
1:5        25° C. to 160° C.,
                            3.0 hours
           then 160° C. to 175° C.
                            1.5 hours
1:7        25° C. to 160° C.,
                            5.0 hours
           then 160° C. to 172° C.
                            3.0 hours
1:9        25° C. to 160° C.,
                            5.0 hours
           then 160° C. to 180° C.
                            5.0 hours
______________________________________
The amount of metal in the finished resin may be controlled by varying the ratio of furfurylamine-metal complex to furfuryl alcohol in the thermoplastic polymer, and by varying the amount of furfuryl alcohol used as the reactive diluent.
The polymers of this invention have the property of being both thermoplastic and thermosetting, i.e., at temperatures of up to about 180° C. they are thermoplastic, i.e., they may be heated to obtain a low viscosity flowable material which, upon cooling, solidifies. At higher temperatures, i.e., above about 200° C., the materials are thermosetting, i.e., curable.
The following example illustrates the best mode contemplated for carrying out this invention.
EXAMPLE
A mixture of tungsten hexacarbonyl (88 g, 0.25 mole) and furfurylamine (92 ml, 1.00 mole) is heated at about 120° C. with stirring under argon for about 16 hours. To the cooled red-brown reaction mixture, 100 ml of a 50% ethanol/50% water solution is added to cause precipitation of the golden-yellow complex. The solid is isolated by vacuum filtration and washing with ethanol/water, followed by vacuum drying. The impure product is moderately air-sensitive; the pure dry product is considerably less so. However, storage excluding air is advisable. Recrystallization, if necessary, is by solution in warm, oxygen-free furfurylamine, followed by precipitation with water. The infrared spectrum of the product indicates that it is W(CO)4 (furfurylamine)2. The product does not melt, but decomposes gradually above 60° C.
Furfuryl alcohol (2.08 moles) is added to 0.42 mole of the reaction product of tungsten hexacarbonyl and furfurylamine. The mixture is gradually heated to 160° C. over five hours with stirring. It is then maintained between 160°-170° C. until the desired viscosity is achieved. The resulting dark brown thermoplastic material is viscous-to-solid at room temperature, depending on the duration of heating. It can be diluted while hot with a reactive polar solvent such as furfuryl alcohol or with an inert polar solvent such as dimethyl formamide. For maximum metal loading, the resulting polymer may be used "neat" as a multi-cycle reimpregnation resin for a carbon/carbon composite by impregnating it into the voids of the composite. The polymer is then cured by heating at 200° C. for 20 hours. This cured thermoset resin, when subsequently carbonized at 800° C. for one hour, contains approximately 35% tungsten by weight. The char contains 80-90% of the tungsten present in the polymer precursor.

Claims (4)

What is claimed is:
1. A metal complex comprising the reaction product of furfurylamine and a metal carbonyl selected from the group consisting of tungsten carbonyl, molybdenum carbonyl and chromium carbonyl.
2. A metal complex as defined in claim 1 wherein said metal carbonyl is tungsten carbonyl.
3. A metal complex as defined in claim 1 wherein said metal carbonyl is molybdenum carbonyl.
4. A metal complex as defined in claim 1 wherein said metal carbonyl is chromium carbonyl.
US06/755,800 1984-05-18 1985-07-17 Metal complex reaction product of furfurylamine and a metal carbonyl Expired - Fee Related US4623735A (en)

Priority Applications (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US06/755,800 US4623735A (en) 1984-05-18 1985-07-17 Metal complex reaction product of furfurylamine and a metal carbonyl
US06/927,967 US4833030A (en) 1984-05-18 1986-11-07 Polymer impregnated and carbonized carbon/carbon composite

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US06/611,729 US4588799A (en) 1984-05-18 1984-05-18 Reimpregnation resin comprising reaction product of metal complex and furfuryl alcohol
US06/755,800 US4623735A (en) 1984-05-18 1985-07-17 Metal complex reaction product of furfurylamine and a metal carbonyl

Related Parent Applications (2)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US06/611,729 Division US4588799A (en) 1984-05-18 1984-05-18 Reimpregnation resin comprising reaction product of metal complex and furfuryl alcohol
US06611729 Division 1985-05-18

Related Child Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US06/927,967 Division US4833030A (en) 1984-05-18 1986-11-07 Polymer impregnated and carbonized carbon/carbon composite

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US4623735A true US4623735A (en) 1986-11-18

Family

ID=27086581

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US06/755,800 Expired - Fee Related US4623735A (en) 1984-05-18 1985-07-17 Metal complex reaction product of furfurylamine and a metal carbonyl

Country Status (1)

Country Link
US (1) US4623735A (en)

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4833030A (en) * 1984-05-18 1989-05-23 Hitco Polymer impregnated and carbonized carbon/carbon composite
US20050203200A1 (en) * 2002-04-19 2005-09-15 Kutal Charles R. Anionic and Lewis base photopolymerization process and its use for making optical articles

Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4185043A (en) 1976-08-16 1980-01-22 Hitco Polymers containing chemically bonded metal atoms

Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4185043A (en) 1976-08-16 1980-01-22 Hitco Polymers containing chemically bonded metal atoms

Non-Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
C. S. Kraihanzel et al, Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 2(3), Jun., 1963, pp. 533-540.
G. W. A. Fowles et al, Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 3, No. 2, Feb. 1964, pp. 257-259.
J. A. Connor et al, Jour. Organometallic Chemistry, vol. 24 (1970), pp. C20-C22.

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4833030A (en) * 1984-05-18 1989-05-23 Hitco Polymer impregnated and carbonized carbon/carbon composite
US20050203200A1 (en) * 2002-04-19 2005-09-15 Kutal Charles R. Anionic and Lewis base photopolymerization process and its use for making optical articles
US7253213B2 (en) * 2002-04-19 2007-08-07 Kutal Charles R Anionic and Lewis base photopolymerization process and its use for making optical articles

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US4833030A (en) Polymer impregnated and carbonized carbon/carbon composite
US4359559A (en) Novel polymetallocarbosilane, and process for its production
US6890504B2 (en) Polymeric and carbon compositions with metal nanoparticles
DE19616523A1 (en) Polymerization catalysts with beta-diketiminate ligands
Stephens et al. Metal-catalyzed alkynylation of brominated polyphenylenes. Thermoset precursors of high-density monolithic glassy carbon
US4588799A (en) Reimpregnation resin comprising reaction product of metal complex and furfuryl alcohol
US4623735A (en) Metal complex reaction product of furfurylamine and a metal carbonyl
Farhadi Abkanar et al. Direct synthesis of Zn (II) and Cu (II) coordination polymers based on 4, 4′-bipyridine and 1, 10-phenanthroline and evaluating their effects as catalyst on ammonium perchlorate thermal decomposition
US4540764A (en) Reaction product of tungsten carbonyl/pyrrolidine complex with a furan acid
Hanack Synthesis and Properties of Conducting Bridged Macrocyclic Metal Complexes
JPH0532767A (en) Preparation of polymer, preparation of molding material, preparation of inherent electrically conductive molding material and polymer and molding material
JPH03502712A (en) Silyl- or disilanyl-1,3-butadiyne polymers derived from hexachloro-1,3-butadiene
US4946713A (en) Poly(alkenylpentaborane) ceramic precursors
Farah et al. Synthesis and characterization of partially crosslinked poly (N-vinylcarbazole-vinylalcohol) copolymers with polypyridyl Ru (II) luminophores: Potential materials for electroluminescence
US4604432A (en) Furan reimpregnation resin
US5236686A (en) Precursor polyphenylene for and method of producing glassy carbon
US4585837A (en) Resoles containing zirconium metal atoms
US4650840A (en) Tungsten containing resoles
US5712408A (en) Diaminomaleonitrile derivative compounds, polymers, and method of producing same
JPH0233734B2 (en) SHINKINAHORICHITANOKARUBOSHIRAN
Yokota et al. Alternating copolymerization of carbonyl sulfide with aziridines
US5281672A (en) Method of lowering the reaction exotherm in thermally polymerized acetylene terminated resins
US4956507A (en) Process for preparing 4,4'-difluorobiphenyl
Gonsalves et al. Synthesis of advanced ceramics and intermetallics from organometallic/polymeric precursors
CT Fumarate metal organic frameworks as reactive and curing reaction alternant in hydrophobic bispropargyl ether based matrix resin system

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
FEPP Fee payment procedure

Free format text: PAYOR NUMBER ASSIGNED (ORIGINAL EVENT CODE: ASPN); ENTITY STATUS OF PATENT OWNER: LARGE ENTITY

FPAY Fee payment

Year of fee payment: 4

REMI Maintenance fee reminder mailed
LAPS Lapse for failure to pay maintenance fees
FP Lapsed due to failure to pay maintenance fee

Effective date: 19941123

STCH Information on status: patent discontinuation

Free format text: PATENT EXPIRED DUE TO NONPAYMENT OF MAINTENANCE FEES UNDER 37 CFR 1.362